Mission to Burma

Armed only with a toothbrush and a camera, photographer Roberto D’Addona spent three days in Myanmar in January 2007 at a camp occupied by the rebel Democratic Karen Buddhist Army. Related: Andi Teran talks with D’Addona about his dangerous—and illegal—journey.

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D’Addona traveled with “a guy from the UN who was trying to establish contact with the Burmese rebels. The goal was … to start building a relationship with the D.K.B.A.,” the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army. Here, a D.K.B.A. soldier.

A Burmese army soldier. “There was a two-day cease-fire … but the Burmese army, their enemies, came into the village anyway just to provoke [them]. Usually they all kill each other in the jungle, but here they were out in the open walking around during this cease-fire. The tension was pretty high.”